Poverty: Share of population living on less than $10 a day in Paraguay
Paraguay: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $10 a day was 28.8% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $10 a day in Paraguay, 1990–2024
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, poverty: share of population living on less than $10 a day in Paraguay stood at 28.8%. That is the lowest value across all 28 years on record.
That represents a change of down 7.3% on the previous year and down 19.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $10 a day in Paraguay peaked at 64.5% in 2002 and was at its lowest, 28.8%, in 2024.
That places Paraguay 62nd out of 120 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 28 years of available data.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $10 a day in Paraguay, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 39.6% | — |
| 1995 | 56.1% | +41.8% |
| 1997 | 49.7% | -11.5% |
| 1999 | 54.4% | +9.5% |
| 2001 | 54.2% | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 64.5% | +19.0% |
| 2003 | 59.6% | -7.5% |
| 2004 | 58.6% | -1.8% |
| 2005 | 56.2% | -4.1% |
| 2006 | 58.9% | +4.9% |
| 2007 | 55.8% | -5.3% |
| 2008 | 52.8% | -5.3% |
| 2009 | 51.0% | -3.4% |
| 2010 | 48.2% | -5.5% |
| 2011 | 45.0% | -6.6% |
| 2012 | 41.5% | -7.9% |
| 2013 | 37.1% | -10.5% |
| 2014 | 35.8% | -3.6% |
| 2015 | 36.2% | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 38.5% | +6.4% |
| 2017 | 36.0% | -6.5% |
| 2018 | 33.6% | -6.5% |
| 2019 | 32.5% | -3.3% |
| 2020 | 37.1% | +14.0% |
| 2021 | 36.2% | -2.5% |
| 2022 | 34.6% | -4.3% |
| 2023 | 31.1% | -10.2% |
| 2024 | 28.8% | -7.3% |
Paraguay compared with similar countries
- Paraguay's 28.8% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 31.3%, 92% of the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Paraguay's 28.8% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 30.7%, 94% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Poverty: Share of population living on less than $10 a day in Paraguay changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | +41.8% | 39.6% | 56.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 49.9% | 39.6% | 56.1% | 4 |
| 2000s | 56.8% | 51.0% | 64.5% | 9 |
| 2010s | 38.4% | 32.5% | 48.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 33.5% | 28.8% | 37.1% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Paraguay
More reference data data for Paraguay
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.3166 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 5.23 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 7.18 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.6344 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 7.18 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 1.06 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.5539 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 29.48 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 38.68 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 3.45 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is poverty: share of population living on less than $10 a day in Paraguay?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $10 a day in Paraguay was 28.8% in 2024, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty: share of population living on less than $10 a day recorded in Paraguay?
- The highest recorded value was 64.5% in 2002.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $10 a day recorded in Paraguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 28.8% in 2024.
- How does Paraguay rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $10 a day?
- Paraguay ranks 62nd out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $10 a day rising or falling in Paraguay?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Paraguay data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Poverty: Share of population living on less than $10 a day. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $10 per day.